CVE-2021-3522

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3522
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-06-02 15:15:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-28 20:16:20 UTC
DescriptionGStreamer before 1.18.4 may perform an out-of-bounds read when handling certain ID3v2 tags.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.001300000 probability, percentile 0.320310000 (date 2026-06-01)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-125 CWE-125


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gstreamer Gstreamer All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller All All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Storage Manager - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Web Services - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Insight - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Santricity Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Snapmanager - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Oracle Openjdk 8 update301 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na GStreamer affected All GStreamer version before 1.18.4 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
October 2021 Java Platform Standard Edition Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-31) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
1954761 – (CVE-2021-3522) CVE-2021-3522 gstreamer-plugins-base: out-of-bounds read when handling certain ID3v2 tags af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180581 Debian Security Update for gst-plugins-base1.0 (CVE-2021-3522)
  • 198376 Ubuntu Security Notification for GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerability (USN-4959-1)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 352872 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for java-11-amazon-corretto : ALAS2-2021-1718
  • 354836 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for gstreamer1-plugins-base : ALAS2-2023-2000
  • 375964 Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update - October 2021 (CPUOCT2021)
  • 376087 Azul Java Multiple Vulnerabilities Security Update October 2021
  • 503590 Alpine Linux Security Update for gst-plugins-base
  • 505877 Alpine Linux Security Update for gst-plugins-base
  • 670620 EulerOS Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (EulerOS-SA-2021-2378)
  • 670741 EulerOS Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (EulerOS-SA-2021-2499)
  • 670841 EulerOS Security Update for gstreamer1-plugins-base (EulerOS-SA-2021-2711)
  • 670978 EulerOS Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (EulerOS-SA-2021-2634)
  • 671005 EulerOS Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (EulerOS-SA-2021-2583)
  • 671043 EulerOS Security Update for gstreamer1-plugins-base (EulerOS-SA-2021-2686)
  • 710603 Gentoo Linux GStreamer, GStreamer Plugins Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-31)
  • 752768 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (SUSE-SU-2022:3907-1)
  • 752774 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base (SUSE-SU-2022:3916-1)
  • 752776 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (SUSE-SU-2022:3911-1)
  • 754936 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for gstreamer-plugins-base (SUSE-SU-2023:3801-1)
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